DADDY
For most of my growing years there was no Father’s Day marked in India. Father’s Day came about due to the desire of a US civil war veteran’s daughter who wanted to honour him. A very noble desire indeed! Well, some good deeds tend to go viral, as they say these days. Soon that day, I think it was 5th June, was celebrated as Father’s Day. I do not know how and why it got shifted to 18th June subsequently. It does not matter anyway as any day would do. Fathers do not mind if they are remembered! The day started gaining attention and was promoted by the marketing companies, I for one, generally ignored it unless my dear kids felt it necessary to follow the norm and remind me of it. Today, I happened to notice a few people I know recollecting their dear Father's memories. It left me thinking. And here are some bits of my memory of him. Not being one so lucky to experience the presence, love, and learnings of a father, having lost him at the age of eleven, I would often...